(15) I wish you’d stop booming / grunting / moaning about it. You can’t change anything now, so you may as well keep quiet.

(16) I’m sorry I muttered / snapped / stuttered at you. I was just very tired.

(17) He was trembling / scaring / frightening with anger at what had happened.

CComplete the text with the words from the box. Each word can only be used once. There are three extra words

criedlower shotraise shoutmoansoftspeech voicewordstuttered

As a singer my (18) _______ is really important to me and I have to take good care of it. Sometimes people are taken by surprise at how (19) _______ my voice is when I speak. I guess it’s because I have such a strong voice when I sing. I don’t like to (20) _______ my voice for obvious reasons, but if I need to (21) _______ I will. When I won my first singing contract I (22) _______ with joy, I was so happy. One reason for this was that as a child I (23) _______ a lot. My mother was really worried so she took me to a (24) _______ therapist and he helped me work on my voice. My mother also wanted me to be a singer. I didn’t think I’d ever be any good, but I decided to give it my best (25) _______. Now of course my voice is what has made me famous – amazing really when you think of it.